Tan Sung-min

Tan Sung-min (1963-6 January 2016) was a General of the Korean People's Army of North Korea.

Biography
Tan Sung-min was born in 1963 in Jonchon, Chagang Province, North Korea. He enlisted in the Korean People's Army at the age of seventeen and was sent to the Korean DMZ to guard the border against South Korea; he rose through the ranks due to his loyalty to the ruling Kim family. Tan was promoted to General of the KPA, and he was given command of an army of North Korean troops that was ready to fight South Korea at a minute's notice. However, in 2015 he was arrested for doubting that Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un could fill his father Kim Jong-il's shoes, and he was sent to Gulag 14 in South Pyongyan Province, North Korea. On 6 January 2016 he was executed by a firing squad for his treason.